Numbers 25:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.””
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“So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal–peor.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto Baal-peor.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Moses saith unto the judges of Israel, `Slay ye each his men who are joined to Baal-Peor.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 25:5 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 18:21Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
- Exodus 18:25So Moses chose capable men from all Israel and made them heads over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
- Exodus 22:20If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.
- Exodus 32:27He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
- Deuteronomy 13:6If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
- Deuteronomy 13:9Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
- Deuteronomy 13:13that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
- Deuteronomy 13:15you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.
- Deuteronomy 17:3and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
- Joshua 22:17Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 18:40Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
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